Decline of defibrillation testing in the clinical practice: an 8-year nation-wide assessment

Europace. 2014 Aug;16(8):1103-4. doi: 10.1093/europace/euu135. Epub 2014 Jun 3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Defibrillators, Implantable*
  • Electric Countershock / adverse effects
  • Electric Countershock / instrumentation*
  • Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac / trends*
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Equipment Safety
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Time Factors
  • Unnecessary Procedures / trends
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy*